SlugTales
@slugtales.bsky.social
Mostly satire since 1979, but these days not everything is funny. 🏏🎺
In case you're wondering why we have a whole Civil Service system, here's a reminder...
Disturbing post about how job listings for Park Rangers now require you to describe how committed you are to executing Donald Trump's vision.
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Dee | Outdoor Adventures & Travel on Instagram: "Seeing some new Park Ranger jobs posted online had made me so hopeful….
until I started the application process.
I do have to say, not ALL of the job...
45K likes, 1,654 comments - deetheranger on December 15, 2025: "Seeing some new Park Ranger jobs posted online had made me so hopeful….
until I started the application process.
I do have to say, not...
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December 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
In case you're wondering why we have a whole Civil Service system, here's a reminder...
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Tom Nichols on Ukraine: “It’s clear that Donald Trump either still doesn’t understand this conflict or is just lying about it. He really has no interest in doing anything but supporting Vladimir Putin’s position on this.”
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December 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Tom Nichols on Ukraine: “It’s clear that Donald Trump either still doesn’t understand this conflict or is just lying about it. He really has no interest in doing anything but supporting Vladimir Putin’s position on this.”
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I'm sure the 22 million people whose healthcare premiums will triple in six days are delighted by this news, you inhuman fuck.
December 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I'm sure the 22 million people whose healthcare premiums will triple in six days are delighted by this news, you inhuman fuck.
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The failing Trump Administration scored the lowest ratings ever for its pathetic show featuring the worst President in history of the once-great America as host. Sad. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Apparently Trump taking over the Kennedy Center has tanked the ratings for their honors ceremony, down to 2.65 million from 4.1 million the year before, their lowest ratings ever.
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'Smallest audience ever': Kennedy Center Honors tank on CBS after Trump takes over
"The Kennedy Center Honors" reportedly drew its lowest ratings ever after President Donald Trump announced he would host the event."According to preliminary Nielsen data, 'The Kennedy Center Honors' o...
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December 26, 2025 at 7:54 AM
The failing Trump Administration scored the lowest ratings ever for its pathetic show featuring the worst President in history of the once-great America as host. Sad. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Hate to blow my own horn, but I called it.
All I want for Christmas it for the Epstein files to be to be release by tomorrow, per the law passed by Congress last month. Get ready for a massive Sharpie Cut-and-Paste Redaction Fest of the likes not seen since Stalin cut his political enemies from photos...
Remarkable reporting by @nickconfessore.bsky.social @julietate.bsky.social
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December 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Hate to blow my own horn, but I called it.
Another AI Success Story!
An attorney couldn't stop using Grok (?!) to help draft filings, producing "a flood of tainted filings" & apparently triggering the implosion of a law firm & 3 lawyers' careers 🤖😵 The court called her misconduct "particularly egregious & prolific"
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December 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Another AI Success Story!
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started / going
December 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
started / going
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Things are Terrible, but this isn't.
Be weird.
Be weird.
December 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Things are Terrible, but this isn't.
Be weird.
Be weird.
So disappointed, I thought one of the hallmarks of authoritarians was that they made things run on time...
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NIST warns several of its Internet Time Service servers may be inaccurate due to a power outage — Boulder servers 'no longer have an accurate time reference'
This is the second Internet Time Service disruption this month.
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December 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
So disappointed, I thought one of the hallmarks of authoritarians was that they made things run on time...
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
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The Associated Press says at least 16 files from the original Epstein release have been deleted
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
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December 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The Associated Press says at least 16 files from the original Epstein release have been deleted
Stalinesque is the word that comes to mind...
The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Stalinesque is the word that comes to mind...
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Washington Post's new headline is still wrong.
1. The release was not "huge."
2. DOJ missed the deadline to release all the files.
3, No mention of extensive redactions.
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1. The release was not "huge."
2. DOJ missed the deadline to release all the files.
3, No mention of extensive redactions.
Support independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
December 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Washington Post's new headline is still wrong.
1. The release was not "huge."
2. DOJ missed the deadline to release all the files.
3, No mention of extensive redactions.
Support independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
1. The release was not "huge."
2. DOJ missed the deadline to release all the files.
3, No mention of extensive redactions.
Support independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
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Looks like they're right.
Data Set 1 / Photo 468, the image from yesterday's Epstein files release that included photos of Trump in a drawer, was removed.
Data Set 1 / Photo 468, the image from yesterday's Epstein files release that included photos of Trump in a drawer, was removed.
December 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Looks like they're right.
Data Set 1 / Photo 468, the image from yesterday's Epstein files release that included photos of Trump in a drawer, was removed.
Data Set 1 / Photo 468, the image from yesterday's Epstein files release that included photos of Trump in a drawer, was removed.
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Jack Smith has requested that Jim Jordan release the entire video of his 8-hour closed-door testimony which he gave this week to the House Judiciary Committee.
Will Jordan release the video to the public?
If not, why not?
Will Jordan release the video to the public?
If not, why not?
December 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Jack Smith has requested that Jim Jordan release the entire video of his 8-hour closed-door testimony which he gave this week to the House Judiciary Committee.
Will Jordan release the video to the public?
If not, why not?
Will Jordan release the video to the public?
If not, why not?
Those DOJ elves have been busy cleaning up the Naughty List.... (I mean, what else were you expecting?)
December 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Those DOJ elves have been busy cleaning up the Naughty List.... (I mean, what else were you expecting?)
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“In effect,” writes the NYT’s Peter Baker, “he bronzed some of his cartoonish social media juvenilia and bolted it to the taxpayer-owned building where two Roosevelts, John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan once lived.”
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Waiting for Epstein
Plus: Trump's Hall of Pettiness
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December 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
“In effect,” writes the NYT’s Peter Baker, “he bronzed some of his cartoonish social media juvenilia and bolted it to the taxpayer-owned building where two Roosevelts, John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan once lived.”
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Trump mis-appropriating money approved by Congress to help build military affordable housing, to instead put HIS name on checks to trick service-members into thinking he is sending them relief money!
A conman, lying , all for politics personal benefit, using OUR tax dollars he thinks are HIS !
A conman, lying , all for politics personal benefit, using OUR tax dollars he thinks are HIS !
December 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Trump mis-appropriating money approved by Congress to help build military affordable housing, to instead put HIS name on checks to trick service-members into thinking he is sending them relief money!
A conman, lying , all for politics personal benefit, using OUR tax dollars he thinks are HIS !
A conman, lying , all for politics personal benefit, using OUR tax dollars he thinks are HIS !
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FOUR new deaths in ICE detention. That puts the total this year at 30 people dead; the highest in ICE's history and worse than even during the COVID years.
It's clear that the system is breaking down. Many of these are preventable deaths.
It's clear that the system is breaking down. Many of these are preventable deaths.
In the 90 minutes since I posted this, I've gotten two more death notifications.
ICE has a responsibility to take care of these people, something they are clearly disregarding. This is beyond horrifying. We must ensure dignity and humanity for detained people in this country.
ICE has a responsibility to take care of these people, something they are clearly disregarding. This is beyond horrifying. We must ensure dignity and humanity for detained people in this country.
Within 15 minutes today, I got two back-to-back notifications of deaths at ICE facilities.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
December 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
FOUR new deaths in ICE detention. That puts the total this year at 30 people dead; the highest in ICE's history and worse than even during the COVID years.
It's clear that the system is breaking down. Many of these are preventable deaths.
It's clear that the system is breaking down. Many of these are preventable deaths.
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Good day to reread this story on Trump's very own modelling agency... www.motherjones.com/politics/201...
Former models for Donald Trump's agency say they violated immigration rules and worked illegally
"It's like modern-day slavery."
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December 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Good day to reread this story on Trump's very own modelling agency... www.motherjones.com/politics/201...
All I want for Christmas it for the Epstein files to be to be release by tomorrow, per the law passed by Congress last month. Get ready for a massive Sharpie Cut-and-Paste Redaction Fest of the likes not seen since Stalin cut his political enemies from photos...
December 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
All I want for Christmas it for the Epstein files to be to be release by tomorrow, per the law passed by Congress last month. Get ready for a massive Sharpie Cut-and-Paste Redaction Fest of the likes not seen since Stalin cut his political enemies from photos...
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At this point I know there's nothing that's going to change anyone's mind one way or another but this NYT report is deeply sourced and leaves no doubt that Trump and Epstein were BFFs for many years www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
‘Don’s Best Friend’: How Epstein and Trump Bonded Over the Pursuit of Women
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December 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
At this point I know there's nothing that's going to change anyone's mind one way or another but this NYT report is deeply sourced and leaves no doubt that Trump and Epstein were BFFs for many years www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
Watching Trump's ranting, shouting "speech" last night, I couldn't help but thinking that if this whole President thing doesn't work out, he could be the next ShamWow pitchman. But, also: wtf?
December 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Watching Trump's ranting, shouting "speech" last night, I couldn't help but thinking that if this whole President thing doesn't work out, he could be the next ShamWow pitchman. But, also: wtf?
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Truly insane that the networks took this speech live after refusing to do the same for Biden in 2022
In a nationwide address that major US TV networks are carrying live, President Trump announces 1,450,000 military members will receive a "warrior dividend" of $1776 before Christmas.
December 18, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Truly insane that the networks took this speech live after refusing to do the same for Biden in 2022